Sharon M. Field

1947 - 2025 HARTWICK – Sharon M. Field, 77, of Hartwick, entered into eternal life Tuesday morning, August 26, 2025, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was born December 5, 1947, at Aurelia Osborne Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, the only child of Clarence L. and Esther M. (Knoetgen) Prindle. Raised in Oneonta, she graduated from Oneonta High School. For 35 years Sharon was employed as a pharmacy technician at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta. On June 30, 1979, Sharon married Richmond Dennis Field in a ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Hartwick. They enjoyed 38 years of marriage until his passing on July 24, 2017. Sharon is survived by two daughters, Julie M. Markley of Mill Creek, West Virginia and Melissa Lynn Wikoff and her husband Duane C. Wikoff of Oneonta; two grandchildren, Peyton Grace Wikoff and Joseph Charles Wikoff; one brother-in-law, Dennis C. Field and his wife Daphne Northcott of Merrimack, NH; and her friend and partner, Gary Earl of Hartwick. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her father, Clarence, who died April 7, 1969; her mother Esther, who died February 1, 1987; and a son-in-law, Marshall Ward Markley, who died April 26, 2024. A graveside service will be offered at 3 p.m. Friday, September 5, 2025, at Hartwick Cemetery with Pastor Phillip Sell of the First Baptist Church of Hartwick, officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Hartwick Fire Department Company No. 1, PO Box 86, Hartwick, NY 13348 and Hartwick Emergency Squad, PO Box 208, Hartwick, NY 13348. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. If you would like to send condolences to the family, send an email to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth. We will forward your comments to the family. If you would like to send flowers in memory of the deceased, contact Mohican Flowers at (607) 547-8822, or A Rose is a Rose at (607) 264-3100.